Irish elk
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The Irish elk, also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across northern Euras
Irish Elk Side
Outdated 1897 reconstruction of doe and stag Irish elk by Joseph Smit
Skull of M. g. antecedens
Outdated 1906 restoration by Charles R. Knight
Cervalces latifrons
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Cervalces latifrons, the broad-fronted moose, or the giant moose was a giant species of deer that inhabited Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. It is thought to be the ancestor of the modern
Irish elk
…heaviest known cervine ("Old World deer"); and tied with the extant Alaska moose (Alces alces gigas) as the third largest known deer, after the extinct Cervalces latifrons and Cervalces scotti. Compared to Alces, Irish elk appear to have had a more robust skeleton, with older and more mature Alces skeletons bearing some…
Alces latifrons
Fossils in Bergamo
Antlers in Tübingen
Partial antler